特朗普政府本周向美联储理事丽莎·库克送达正式通知，指控她未达到担任美联储理事的标准，要求她在三周内书面回应抵押贷款欺诈指控。[1]这一举动是特朗普继去年8月突然撤职库克后的再度尝试。[1]去年他指控库克在佐治亚州和密歇根州两处房产指定不当、未报告亚特兰大房产租赁收入。[1]
美国最高法院曾于6月以5比4的裁决维护库克的任职权利，认定特朗普"未给予库克法定的程序保护"。[1]库克的律师艾比·洛厄尔随后表示，相关指控"现在和一年前一样毫无根据"，并表示将继续维护库克的职位。[1]库克由拜登于2022年任命，任期至2038年，是美联储历史上首位黑人女性理事。[1]
President Trump has renewed his effort to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from office this week by delivering formal notice to her, alleging she fails to meet the standards required of Fed governors and demanding a written response to mortgage fraud allegations within three weeks [1]. This move comes despite a June Supreme Court ruling in which five justices determined that Trump had failed to provide Cook with legally mandated procedural protections, effectively upholding her right to remain in her position and reinforcing the Federal Reserve's independence [1].
Cook, appointed by President Biden in 2022 for a 14-year term extending to 2038, made history as the first Black woman to serve as a Federal Reserve governor [1]. Trump initially attempted to dismiss her in August of the previous year, accusing her of improper property designations across two residences in Georgia and Michigan, as well as failing to report rental income from an Atlanta property [1]. Her attorney, Abbe D. Lowell, characterized the allegations as baseless both then and now, stating they are "without merit now and were a year ago," and signaled the legal team's intention to continue defending her position and the Fed's historic independence [1].